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[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 39 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (1 children)

The "move fast, break things" shtick. They mean laws with it. Worst case, you pay a fine.

[–] David_Eight@lemmy.world 14 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

If the world was a just place they'd pay a fine and pay to have new trees planted where the old ones where removed. Anything short of that is simply the cost of doing business.

[–] ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.world 8 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

You're not wrong, but Google didn't just take the trees. They stripped the topsoil:

After the tech company illegally stripped the entire area to build a datacentre – taking even the top soil with it – all that remains is a vast expanse of mud indented with the trail marks of machinery, puddles and mounds of earth, roots and branches.

Wonder why. Wouldn't have anything to do with making sure Google could not be ordered to replant the illegally felled trees, I'm sure.

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 3 points 4 hours ago

So now they should be ordered to replace the topsoil, then replace all the trees, and to pay a massive fine as well.